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" Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality. "
Jim Hodges
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" There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make. "
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" I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that. "
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" However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it. "
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" I'm an average person. "
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" I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. "
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" When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting. "
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" I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time. "
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